Evening Star Newspaper, August 6, 1937, Page 12

ANITAYLOOS Hlustrated . by Vincentinl THE STORY THUS FAR. Carol Clayton postpones her marriage to wealthy Hartley Mad-~ ison and starts to play the horses 80 that she can pay Duke Bradley the $76.000 debt incurred by her dead father. Carol dislikes Duke, but, as a business measure places her bets through him. Her luck at the track is phenomenal. Duxc gets Hartiey to join Carol and himself Florida, hoping jor Hartley's bets. Carol determ- inedly thwarts all his moves and finally persuades Hartley to leave for California. Duke follows Hartley so they will both be in California for the racing season. Carol planes out there and dis- eovers that Hartley has been rs successful as herself at the track | do what I want to do,” with the result that Duke is all but wiped out. He pleads with her not to encourage Hartley to leave—he 1s sure his luck must change and the hope of She refuses. his only chance innig from Hart At a dinner party, he and his friends urge Hartley to remain in California CHAPTER XVII. Madison hr\runrnc to a w r and asgked him if he would bring him a blank check. | “No need of that,” protested Pruett. | “If you're afraid you haven't enough | €ash to see you through to New York, | I let you h hat you need” | “It's not nswered Madison. | *“I have plenty of petty cash, as you might say, but T haven't ten thousand § musr pay Duke here for my losses | today.’ | The waiter who had hesitated when | Pruett spoke. happened to glance at Duke, who quickly shook his head. “Your credit is as good with me 85 it is with Mr. Pruett, Madison,” said Duke. “Anyway, tomorrow you may win it all back from me." ‘But by the time the first race starts tomorrow, I'll be almost home. I've had my holiday—and a zim'l'\‘ls one— now I go back to the grind." “You mean you're actually going? That you can resist the pleas of all these friends of yours? I'm disap- | pointed in you, I am. And here I al- ways took it for granted you were a good American!” l “I don't get the connection,” said | Madison laughingly. “And I always | passed in logic when I was in college. Go on. I'm interested.” “It ought to be plain to any one that you don't believe in ma;onty rule. You are in a minority of one, | #s the demonstration a moment ago showed.” Duke reached for his glass, and as he did so he saw Ca hand on the table. It was clenched tight. He was afraid she could speak— | would say that she had not voiced her opinion. Luckily it was Madison Wwho spoke “You've all made it hard for me to leave,” he said. “And I want to thank you for what Duke calls that demonstration. But there are other | things beside believing in majority | rule which add up to being a good | American. One is to preserve friendly | relations with foreign nations. And it just happens Ambassador Sigora will be waiting for me in New York. I can't let him down.” “Of course, you can't,” agreed Duke. *“Who wants you to?” “Is he in New York?” asked one of | the men. “Because if he isn't there | already, you can head him off—it | takes only a few hours to go from | Wa;hmgton to New York, even by | train.” Madison and Duke shook their heads simultaneously. “How much does your telephone bill average monthly?” asked Duke. “You don't know, of course. Never | mind. That was just a rhetorical question, and here's another: What | earthly good is a telephone anyway, | if not for just such crises as the present? That blessed invention will HEAT WAVE HITS WASHINGTON | Miss | You see,” * Baiwins ov, wrn s He her raised hand high in the air saying, “She’s a jolly good fellow!” let you do your business and let you! stay and all at one and the same time. Am I right?” asked Duke, glancing around the table as if he | were polling a vote. “What do you | say—vou people noted the world round | for your hospitality?” ay in good old Cal-ey-for-ney- cried one of the women. al-ey-for-ney-ayv!” repeated Duke. at's a good one. Sounds like a perfect chant. So altogether folks,” he urged, “Stay th good old Cal-ey- for-nev-ay."” It did sound like a chant, as under his direction they took up the phrase, Tepeating it over and over. “You make it all seem so easy to| said Madison, “but what about the Ambassador? | You must keep in mind he isn't here | tonight to be swept along by this— | shall I say mass movement? Also | he is not accustomed to having en- | gagements with him broken. What reason can I give?” “What's wrong with asked Duke. “All my the truth?” | life I've been | told that it works miracles or some- thing or other.” the whole world said another woman. “Madam,” said Duke, saluting her and speaking as if she had made a brilliant, important contribution to psychology. “no one ever said a wiser, truer thing than those words of yours. Woman’s intuition going directly to the core of the problem.” ‘ The woman was neither young nor | beautiful nor attractive, but Duke could have kissed her at that moment. In fact, he could have Kkissed every | loves a | woman at the table, slapped every | man on the back. If he had trained | them. they could not have been better | stooges. “I have an idea,” said & man named Stanton. bowing to Carol, “Send him Clayton's photograph. Then he’ll understand.” Duke at that moment could will-' ingly have killed the man. If he had deliberately tried to make a faux pas, he could not have done better. The man was not a boor like Dinsmore. He did not realize he had made a “break,” but Duke heard quick littie drawings-in of breaths and the women | all smiled a trifie too sweetly at Carol. “You make it harder for me with everything you say,” said Madison. ‘I don't need to tell you it is hard for me to go just as Carol has ar- rived. But there is one thing every‘ one has overlooked. Carol can follow me in a day. Doesn't that seulei everything, You will, won't you,| ‘ dear?” It was the first time Carol had‘ spoken “I would,” she said, “but I can't. she looked around the table at every one except Madison and Duke, “I have a little business matter of my own to attend to and it hap- | pens to be here. Of course, it isn't in a class with what Hartley has to do, but everything is relative and to me it is of the utmost importance.” Duke was able to breathe again. “Will it take long?” he asked her. “I hope not, but one can never be sure, of course,” she answered pleas- antly. “I know, dear,” said Madison, “you must do &s you think best, but it could wait, couldn't it?” Carol shook her head. “Now you are making it hard for me.” she said gently. “You are the one to decide,” said Madison, “on that and everything else.” “Spoken like a gentleman, a sage and a lover!” said Duke. “Who are the rest of us to tell you what to do? That privilege belongs to just one person in the world.” He turned and smiled at Carol. “Then,” said Mrs. Pruett, “of course, you're staying, Mr. Madison.” “I hate to ask you to stay, Hart- ley,” she said, “if you really should go. I can’t make up my mind.” “That's understandable,” said Duke. ‘It is a big problem, so come every- body—it's up to us to help her decide. | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, She 15 between love DUt— He reached for the hand lying be- side him on the table and raised it high in the air and began singing: “8he’s & jolly good fellow.” They all joined in, all but Madi- son. He was watching Carol intently. Why did she hesitate? Why didn't she beg him to stay? He was wor- ried, a little suspicious and more than a little hurt. “For she's a jolly good fellow— “For she's a jolly good fellow— “Which nobody can deny!” They sang it once and then again and then once again. Carol drew her hand free of Duke's and motioned for them to stay. “Thank you all,” she said sweetly. “That old verse has made me feel it is wise sometimes to forget the prudent thing and do what one wants. Of course, Hartley, you must stay.” “You have spoken,” said Madison, “and now if all of you will excuse me for a moment, I'll put through some phone calls.” As he rose from the table, Carol rose, too. “I wonder if you'll all be good enough to excuse me, too? I will be seeing you tomorrow, I hope; but just now, F am a little tired and before 1 go to bed.” she gave Madison one of her sweetest smile: and duty— Clothes Hamper Sturdily con- can walk in the garden a few min- utes.” “That's such a good idea,” he said, “that if you dom’t mind, all of you, I think I'll make this au revoir. Stay on and enjoy yourself as long as the place keeps open, but I'd like a little time alone with Carol. And I, too, will be seeing you tomorrow.” They did not speak until they were out of the room. Then Carol said: “It's too late to phone the Ambas- sador mow, Hartley—even if he doesn’t 80 to bed early, and someway I imagine Ambassadors always do, it's three hours later in Washington than it is here.” “Right as always,” said Madison. “‘Oh, this is good,” she said, softly, slipping her hand in his. “Your friends are all right—but I didn't come way out here to see anybody but you. Other people get in the way. I couldn’t talk before them. But now, dear, I can talk—just to you. And 1 think you shouldn't stay. Wait & minute,” she said, as she saw a look of disappointment in his face, “It isn't just that I don't think you should neglect your work. I'll neglect mine if you are here—I told you I couldn’t keep my mind on my handi- capping when you are around. But most of all, dear, I want to feel that I'm a good influence in your life, Part of that may be selfis But I D. C, FRIDAY want your family to go on liking me and I'm afraid they won't, if they think I dragged you back to the race- tracks. Do I make myself quite plain?” “Absolutely,” he said. “It is hard to be separated, but it won't be for long. I see you couldn't talk freely before other people. I'm glad you are being 80 frank with me now. I'll take the plane tomorrow.” “And you'll stay ou¢ here with me a while before you go back and tell them?” she asked anxiously. “I'm not going back. What do any of them care really? The little time | I have I want to be with you.” How far from frank she had been! She was thinking that the only truth in what she had said was that she did not want him to bet on races. But the reason she cared so deeply about that was that she was afraid before Duke’s “law of averages” began to work well, Duke would be bank- rupt. There was something even more important. With Hartley out of the way, she and Duke could be together more. . Perhaps with, no one between them—no, she had not been Irank | with Hartley Madison. Has this momentary victory made | Carol kinder to Duke—or is Carol AUGUST 6, lling in love with him? Tomorrow's 1937. installment finds them in & new and fascinating encounter. Don't miss it. (To be continued.) (Copyright, 1937, Loew's, Inc.) pIAN FRESH ROASTED @PEMIIITS 15th St. N.W. Between Peoples Drue and Fostal Open Eumnga and Sumluy ISA Frigidaire Controlied-Coet Air Conditioning provides more cooling with /ess current. For stores, buildings, offices and homes. @et the facts teday! A. P. WOODSON CO. 1313 H St. N.W. 1202 Monroe St. N.E. 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